November 15, 2010

Tonight Grinderman, the band headed by troubadour Nick Cave, will play late night TV after kicking off its 12-city tour a couple of days ago.

But tomorrow, the four piece will be in D.C.

Despite looking like the staff of a Michigan funeral parlot, Grinderman is the side project of four of the members of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. They're touring with their new album, "Grinderman 2," which, despite coming from four grizzled musicians cracked the Billboard Top 40 in September.

How grizzled are these guys? Look at 'em. They look more crotchety than Robert Duvall in "Get Low."

Grinderman will perform at the 9:30 Club Tuesday. Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are sold at ticketfly.com. (Also, at some point, make it your beeswax to watch "The Proposition," which Cave scored. You can trick your girlfriend into thinking you're going to watch "The Proposal.")

Update: In other news, Linkin Park - ancient in their own way - have announced Spring tour dates, including a stop February 10 stop at Verizon Center.

Update 2: Apparently it's a big day for tour announcements. My Chemical Romance will play at the 9:30 Club May 10, Warner Bros. Records announced today. Swedish singer Lykke Li will stop in the area in May.

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Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "simulated sex with a potted palm tree." Before The Sun, he was a reporter at the Miami New Times. He's also written for Miami magazine, the Orlando Sentinel, the Sarasota Herald Tribune and the Gainesville Sun. Got tips? Gripes? Pitches? He's reachable at erik.maza@baltsun.com. Click here to keep up with the dumb music he's listening to.

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